Paste holder and dispenser



July 28, 1936- R. H. SCHWALM ET AL PASTE HOLDER AND DISPENSER Filed July 12, 1935 fizzdo hf Saba-aim 777.57 50/21/4127? ATTORNEY Patented July 28, 1936 UNITED STATES 2,048,714 PASTE HOLDER AND DISPENSER Rudolph H. Schwalm and Ernst Schwalm,

Millvale, Pa.

Application July 12, 1935, Serial No. 31,1os-

5 Claims.

, The invention relates to a paste holder and dispenser and more especially to a holder and dispenser for tooth paste. 7 r

The primary object of the invention is the pro vision of a device of this character, wherein a collapsible paste container can be held and its contents automatically dispensed, the device being a wall bracket and in the construction thereof permits the introduction of a tooth brush therein so that the contents of the container will be fed onto the bristles of the brush so that this brush will be supplied with a quantity of the contents for service in the cleaning of teeth during the use of the brush, the device in its entirety being of novel construction.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character, wherein a tooth paste container such as a collapsible tube can be engaged in the device and held so that its contents can be automatically dispensed therefrom and the tube at the cap end is confined in a socket so that this cap end will be automatically closed subsequent to the dispensing of the contents and such device avoids the necessity of manually squeezing the tube for the collapsing thereof to dispense its contents as the squeezing of the tube is automatically effected and the contents delivered directly onto the tooth brush upon insertion of the latter within the device, the device being thoroughly sanitary and is automatic in the working thereof.

. A further object of the invention is the'provision of a device of this character, wherein in the working thereof for the automatic dispensing of paste from a collapsible tube it assures against waste of the contents of the tube and will enable the application of a quantity of the paste directly onto the bristles of atooth brush, the latter being manually inserted in position to receive the quantity of paste which is automatically dis: pensed by the device. 7

A still further object of theinvention is the provision of a device of this character, which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and efficient in its operation; enabling a collapsible paste tube to be fitted therein for the automatic dispensing of its contents, neat in appearance, constituting a wall fixture, strong, durable and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which discloses the preferred embodiment of the invention and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device constructed in accordance with the invention; showing by dotted lines a collapsible tooth paste tube mounted therein andholding a tooth brush.

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line '2-2 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure. 3 is a top plan view partly in section, the section being approximately on the line 3-3 of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 44 of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 5 is a top plan View ,of the'squeegee slide in open position.

Figure 6 is a top plan view of the guide frame for the squeegee and showing the retaining gate for the closed end of the tooth paste tube opened.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the device constituting the present invention comprises a base It! preferably of outwardly bulged circular form having a central circular nipple H for fitting therein of a tubular barrel I2 the latter having the closed inner end I 3 while the opposite outer end is open and within this barrel accessible through the open end thereof is a socketed valve-acting displaceable head or plunger I4 which is slidably fitted within the barrel l2 and operates against a coiled compression spring 15 fitting said barrel interiorly thereof and seated against the closed end l3 thereof; The socket l6 of the head or plunger l4 opens outwardly of the barrel I2 at its open end and accommodates therein the bristleend of a toothbrush H; the bristles being indicated at it! of this brush. This head or plunger 54 in its normal outward position closes a delivery port or opening I 9 provided in the barrel I2 at the uppermost portion thereof and this port or opening I9 is centered with relation to a circular seat 20 walled by a modernistic shaped front facing plate 2| about. the open end of the barrel l2 and united'therewith.

The barrel 12 at the lowermost portion thereof is provided with an elongated slotZZ receivinga guide screw 23 fastened in the head vor plunger 14. Thescrew 23 has fitted therewith a stop dog M working in the slot 22 to limit theforward movement of the head or plunger I4. The. dog 24 carries a hinged ratchet pawl or detent 25 coactivewith a toothed ratchet Wheeler gear 26 fixed to'a Windlass 27 journaled inthe end walls 28 of the plate 2| beneath the barrel l2 so that whenthe head or plunger I l works inwardly of the barrel t2 the pawl or detent 25 will engage the teeth of the ratchet wheel or gear 26 causing the Windlass 21 to turn. On outward of the head orplunger 14 the pawl or detent 25 will trip over the teeth of the ratchet wheel or gear 26 withoutdisturbingthe Windlass 21 so that this Windlass is rotated in'onedirection'by said pawl 'ordetent'and only" upon the inward movement movement of the head or plunger l4 for a pur-' pose presently described.

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7 many suitable manner;

Rising above the seat 20 and fitted with the a'collapsible paste tube 32 can be engaged in] the said member '30 and held clamped or secured thereto by the gate 3| when closed and latched andthe contents of the tube on the collapsing-of the samewill be dispensed thr'ough'the portor epenih'gvlq when the head'or plunger I4 has moved 7 port orfopening Hi. i The head or plunger I4 is namewee at its uppermost-portion than at its lowermost-portion so that the bristled end of the toothbrush when erfgagedrin the socket |6-with thebristles la-thereo'f'upstanding thepaste dis- I 1 pensedfthrough' the port or opening l9 will be e red bnto the bristles l8 of the brush when' the latter'is'at restwithin the socket I6 within the head or' plunger l4 and the latter has been moved inwardly of the barrel for uncovering the said port orj'o'pening l9; 7 v

"slidably fitted in thef'side members 23 is a squeegee which includes a runner 34-and a' roller '35, respectively, the latter being journaled upon an "arbor 36o hinged at 3 1 to the runner '34 :at one 7 end, the arbor at the end opposite the pivot 31 H being formed with a latch38 engageable witha keep'e'r 39 on the runner 34 at the other end thereof-remote from the pivot 3-1. The pivot 31 and the keeper 39 are in the'form of eye pins ||l and to their eye terminals 4| are loosely connected the end portions of'a flexible cable 42 it being trainedth'rough spaced holes 43 provided in the Windlass 21 for the connection of this cable therewith so that the terminal stretches connected 'with the 'eyes 4 can be wound andgunwound on and from this Windlass onthe turning thereof,

the'win'di'ng of the cable '42 being had automatieauy'npon actuating the wheel of gear 26 by the detentor pawl 2 5 in a manner as before 'de- 4' scribed, The winding of the cable 42 upon the V50 wind'lass' 21cau's'es the squeegee to be mounted.

when engaged finthe side members "29 of the f i 'frameco'nstituti-ng the holder for thercollapsible tube-'32 and when the'squeegee-has the runner ;34

engaged at one side-of the tube 32 and the roller 35 at' the other side, with the'arbor 36 for'the latter latched with the keeper 39 the tube '32twill beautoma'tically; collapsed or squeezed for the dispensing offthecontents from the said tube 32 through the port or opening IS. The squeegee ismovedpnly whenthe head or "plunger "ll-is" pushed inwar'dlyagainst" the resistance: of the V 7 spring; |5 within the barrel-|2 by the tooth brush I! when its bristled'end is inserted in the socket l6 ofi sa'id. head or; plunger. The-terminal stretches offthe'cable or wire 42' are aligned and within? theichanneled side members-29 of, the 'frame due to the locatingof the holes 43 in the Windlass. and the eye -pins 40 on the squeegee. The squeegeeis insertable in the channeledside members 29 of the holding frame when this frame has its side membersremov'ed from the plate 2 by passing isaid squeegee through theseends into I the'channels in the side members; There is fp'rovided. more side members next to the "swinging gates 3| be'neath the 'same notches or 'cutaway This tube 32 at the cap engaging'mouth end 33 thereof fits in the seat inwardly'of the'barrel and uncovered said portions 44 so that-the roller 35 of the squeegee can be opened when the latter is at these notches or cut away portions for'the engagement of the tube in the squeegee and the fastening of the, closed end of the tube by the gate 3| in thecross Upon fastening the squeegee about said tube at the flattened closed member of said frame.

end-thereof by having thelrunner 34" at one side v and the roller at the other side of the tube whenthe squeegee is lowered on the winding of the wireor cable 42 upon the Windlass 21 the said tube becomes'pinched or collapsed for the squeezing of thecontents Within the tube to discharge or dispense .such contents through the port or opening l9 uncovered by the head or plunger |'4 when manually pushed upon th'rough the instrumentality of-thetoothbrush l1, it being understood as previously stated that the squeegee does not operate except on the operation of the head or plunger so thattooth paste'within the tube '32:

will T be delivered to the brush when the same ac- V tuates the head or plunger M of the device.

The seat 20 is provided with a resilient circular V V shaped or collarlike packing 45 for frictionally embracing the'discharge end of the tube 32' and holding the same within the seat'20 without leak age of contents at this point in the working of the device o'rj' the accidental detachment of the discharge end 33 'from the seat 20. The base I0 is provided with suitable openings or'holes 46 for 7 fasteners (not shown) so that the device canbe ,5

' made secure upon a wall'to serve as a wall fix;

,Vture within a bathroom or the like, f

The latch end '38 of the squeege'e'carrie's affin f ger hold 41, which enables the unlatchingof the squeegee when fitted within the'holding frame on the positioningof the squeegee at the notches or' cut away portions 44 i in th'e side members '29 this frame so that a'tube 32'canbeenga'ged'in the holder andfth'is is had by-ope'ning the gate 3| andengaging the closed end "of the tube 32 in the member 30. Tl'iereafter the gate 3|" i's- 'closed which clamps the closed end of the -tubeto the frame and thereafter theroller 35 is brought into contact withthe tube 1 32 iby =swinging the' arbor 36 inwardly toward the runner 34 and fastening thisarbor by the latchend 38 engaging the keep-- er 39; Thus 'the'squeegee is' nowinposition'for collapsing the" tube and the said tube =32" is clampedin theholder for the collapsing action of the squeegee upon the tube. V

' "Whenthe tube 32 has been completely collapsed or its contents dispensed therefrom "the squeegee will be at the lowermost portion of the frame and then the tube 32 is unclamped-from the holder so that the side members 29 of this holder can be disengaged or separated" from the plate 2| from the device but beforeseparation or disengagement the squeegee-is openedf to have the "tube free therefromr Thereupon the holder is separated or disengaged :from the plate 2| and the tubeis now free from the device to be disf carded i V e i g To place 'a filledtube within the holder the same is inserted in the plate 2| and the squeegee engaged, in the side members 29 thereof is moved to the uppermostportion of the. holder, it-being understood, of course, that to move the squeegee holder it 'confronts the notches 'ori'cut away to this position itrmustt'be closed: When-the squeegee 'reaches the uppermost portion of the portions 44 and the roller; 35' can be swung out wardly by the openin of the arbor 33" and by openingthe gate 3| the closed end of the tube can-be clamped to the' upper end "of the holder and thereafter the roller 35 is swung inwardly against the tube and the arbor 36 latching the roller in this position by the latch 38 of the arbor engaging the keeper 39 so that the device is now in a condition for the dispensing of the contents of the tube 32 on operation of the squeegee and the plunger or head 54 in a manner as hereinafter set forth.

On opposite sides of the holder or the members 29 thereof are loops 4'! each functioning as a hanger for the tooth brush H, the latter being shown by dotted lines in Figure 1 of the drawing hung within one of the loops 4'! of the device.

What is claimed is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a base, a tubular barrel carried by said base and open at its outer end, a socketed valveacting plunger slidably fitted in said barrel and having its socket opening through the open end of said barrel, a facing plate at the open end of said barrel and having a seat for communication with said open end of the barrel and adapted to accommodate the discharge nipple end of a collapsible tube, an upstanding frame releasably fitted With said plate and having guide side members, squeegee means operating in said side members and active upon the tube for the collapsing thereof, means at the upper end of the frame for the fastening of the tube in suspended position within said frame when the nipple end is engaged in the seat, means acting upon the squeegee means for moving the same for effecting the collapsing of the tube and means coacting with the last-named means for automatic action of said last-named means on the shifting of the plunger.

2. A device of the character described comprising a base, a tubular barrel carried by said base and open at its outer end, a socketed valveacting plunger slidably fitted in said barrel and having its socket opening through the open end of said barrel, a facing plate at the open end of said barrel and having a seat for communication with said open end of the barrel and adapted to accommodate the discharge nipple end of a collapsible tube, an upstanding frame releasably fitted with said plate and having guide side members, squeegee means operating in said side members and active upon the tube for the collapsing thereof, means at the upper end of the frame for the fastening of the tube in suspended position within said frame when the nipple end is en-- gaged in the seat, means acting upon the squeegee means for moving the same for effecting the collapsing of the tube, means coacting with the last-named means for automatic action of said last-named means on the shifting of the plunger and means for fastening the squeegee means about the tube.

3. A device of the character described comprising a base, a tubular barrel carried by said base and open at its outer end, a socketed valveacting plunger slidably fitted in said barrel and having its socket opening through the open end of said barrel, a facing plate at the open end of said barrel and having a seat for communication with said open end of the barrel and adapted to accommodate the discharge nipple end of a collapsible tube, an upstanding frame releasably fitted with said plate and having guide side members, squeegee means operating in said side members and active upon the tube for the collapsing thereof, means at the upper end of the frame for the fastening of the tube in suspended position within said frame when the nipple end is engaged in the seat, means acting upon the squeegee means for moving the same for effecting the collapsing of the tube, means coacting with the last-named means for automatic action of said last-named means on the shifting of the plunger, means for fastening the squeegee means about the tube and means within the barrel and active upon the plunger to normally hold the latter in a position to shut off communication between the seat and said barrel.

4. A device of the character described comprising a base, a tubular barrel carried by said base and open at its outer end, a socketed valveacting plunger slidably fitted in said barrel and having its socket opening through the open end of said barrel, a facing plate at the open end of said barrel and having a seat for communication with said open end of the barrel and adapted to accommodate the discharge nipple end of a collapsible tube, an upstanding frame releasably fitted with said plate and having guide side members, squeegee means operating in said side members and active upon the tube for the collapsing. thereof, means at the upper end of the frame for the fastening of the tube in suspended position within said frame when the nipple end is engaged in the seat, means acting upon the squeegee means for moving the same for effecting the collapsing of the tube, means coacting with the last-named means for automatic action of said last-named means on the shifting of the plunger, means for fastening the squeegee means about the tube and means within the barrel and active upon the plunger to normally hold the latter in a position to shut off communication between the seat and said barrel, the said plunger having its socket of a form to accommodate the bristle end of a tooth brush.

5. A device of the character described comprising a base, a tubular barrel carried by said base and open at its outer end, a socketed valveacting plunger slidably fitted in said barrel and having its socket opening through the open end of said barrel, a facing plate at the open end of said barrel and having a seat for communication with said open end of the barrel and adapted to accommodate the discharge nipple end of a collapsible tube, an upstanding frame releasably fitted with said plate and having guide side members, squeegee means operating in said side members and active upon the tube for the collapsing thereof, means at the upper end of the frame for the fastening of the tube in suspended position within said frame when the nipple end is engaged in the seat, means acting upon the squeegee means for moving the same for effecting the collapsing of the tube, means coacting with the last-named means for automatic action of said last-named means on the shifting of the plunger, means for fastening the squeegee means about the tube, means within the barrel and active upon the plunger to normally hold the latter in a position to shut off communication between the seat and said barrel, the said plunger having its socket of a form to accommodate the bristle end of a tooth brush and a sealing element within the seat to prevent leakage of the contents from the tube between its nipple end and said seat when engaged in the latter.

RUDOLPH H. SCHWALM. ERNST SCHWALM. 

